Interpretation

Philip Tonner

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Interpretation

Philip Tonner

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This entry outlines the concept of interpretation in archaeology. It does so by surveying a variety of approaches to the problem of interpretation taken by archaeologists, including those representative of culture historical approaches, processual approaches and the collection of approaches associated with post-processual or interpretive archaeology. The entry ends by outlining where the concept of interpretation is in contemporary archaeological theory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences
Place of Publication	Hoboken, NJ
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781119188230
ISBN (Print)	9780470674611
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119188230.saseas0332
Publication status	Published - 26 Nov 2018

Keywords

new archaeology
interpretive
processual
culture history

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